Patch Notes - January 30th 2019

30 January 2019 12:00

Greetings Adventurers,

This week we are starting new events related to the Lunar New Year. We really hope you enjoy them all and to get you into the mood of these festivities, special decorations will be added to all cities in the world of Black Desert Online!

On the other hand, we are excited to introduce two new additions to our game: the "Devour" system, which allows you to convert enhanced gear into Enhancement Chances, and the "Privacy Mode" for those lone wolves that do not like to be disturbed.

We have also good news for those enjoying our new Battle Royale mode as we are introducing two new classes: Musa and Kunoichi!

Please read on below our Patch Notes to know more about our latest additions in detail!

*Please, keep in mind that there will not be maintenance on February 6th due to the festivities taking place in Korea. In order to experience the new events starting that same day, restart your client after 09:00 UTC.

An Injured character starts recovering after it is selected in the Character Selection screen.

The following chart show how much Injury is inflicted per Black Spirit's Rage consumed.

Black Spirit's Rage consumed (%)

Injury (% of Damage that was Inflicted)

100

50

200

100

E.g. A Warrior consumes Black Spirit’s Rage 100% by using the skill Spinning Slash to attack a Berserker with 5,000 max HP. The Warrior will thus inflict a damage of -2,000 HP on the Berserker. The Berserker will then have an Injury of 1,000 HP, or 50% of the damage that was inflicted. The Berserker can then only recover from its HP of 3,000 up to 4,000 HP, until its Injury is healed (at a rate of 10 HP per 5 sec).

“Devour” function has been added.

You can use the “Devour” system to convert enhanced weapon or defense gear into Enhancement Chance.

You can access Devour from the Enhancement window by talking to Black Spirit.

Weapons must be enhancement level +8 or up, and defense gear must be +6 or up.

Weapon Enhancement Level

Enhancement Chance Gain

+8

+4

+9

+5

+10

+6

+11

+8

+12

+10

+13

+12

+14

+14

+15

+16

PRI

+20

DUO

+26

TRI

+33

TET

+45

PEN

+75

Defense Gear Enhancement Level

Enhancement Chance Gain

+6

+3

+7

+4

+8

+5

+9

+6

+10

+7

+11

+8

+12

+10

+13

+12

+14

+14

+15

+16

PRI

+20

DUO

+25

TRI

+30

TET

+40

PEN

+70

Using Devour will consume the item.

Your enhancement chance (excluding Valks’ enhancement chance) must be zero when using Devour.

Privacy Mode has been added.

Privacy Mode allows you to hide your online presence from other Adventurers.

You can enter the game in Privacy Mode by selecting Privacy Mode in the character selection screen.

Some features such as Guild/Friend invitations and whisper will be restricted while in Privacy Mode.

System messages will continue to appear when you kill or get killed by other Adventurers while in PvP mode even when you are in Privacy Mode.

The system message which is sent out to everyone due to obtaining certain items, ranking display will appear to other Adventurers even while playing in Privacy Mode.

When you are playing in Privacy Mode, you will see an icon showing that you are in Privacy Mode, and you will see a message which says that “You are appearing offline.”

Messages which appear to other Adventurers such as when you successfully enhance items will display your message as coming from an “Unknown Adventurer” to other Adventurers.

Your character can now use either a Practice Matchlock (which can be rented with Contribution Points) or a Hunting Matchlock to kill seagulls.

Bosses summoned with a summon scroll by someone else, as well as other adventurers who summon them, will no longer show up on the minimap while the boss is around.

[System]

The order of the tabs within the Guild window will now reset when disbanding a Guild Alliance.

The Apprentice system has been added to Guilds.

After joining a Guild, an adventurer will be an “Apprentice” for the first two weeks.

Like regular Guild members, Guild apprentices can participate in Node/Conquest Wars and Guild missions. They can collect Daily Pay, receive Allowance, and benefit from Guild skills.

The day after the two weeks have passed, the apprentice will automatically be promoted to a general guild member.

Guild Bonus will now only be given out if a Guild has at least 30 members including general members, Quartermasters, Guild Officers, and Guild Masters but excluding Guild apprentices.

It has been changed that you will now recover 600 HP over 30 sec after killing an adventurer.

Musa and Kunoichi can now be possessed in Shadow Arena.

[Musa]

A single-command combo has been added for Musa.

When pressing spacebar + LMB while using a basic attack, skills will be activated according to the order of the list below. If a skill has not been learned yet, the last skill used in the combo will be repeated.

Blooming

Steel Gale

Blind Slash

Dragon Bite

Rising Storm

Basic Forward Attack

[Kunoichi]

A single-command combo has been added for the Kunoichi.

When pressing spacebar + LMB while using a basic attack, skills will be activated according to the order of the list below. If a skill has not been learned yet, the last skill used in the combo will be repeated.

Ninjutsu: Black Moonlight

Flash Slash

Ninjutsu: Shadow Stomp

Tendon Cutter

Kunai Throw

[Sorceress]

High Kick, Shadow Ignition, and Mark of the Shadow have been replaced by Dark Flame, Rushing Crow, and Darkness Released.

Rushing Crow is Quick Slot Available.

[Berserker]

Damage from Predatory Hunt has been increased by 10%.

Damage from Falling Rock has been increased by 30%.

[Dark Knight]

*The chance of learning Nocturne or Hidden Strike from an Unknown Skill Book has been doubled, and the chance of learning Lunacy of Vedir or Air Strike has been halved.

Icons for certain skills which have blocks, crowd control (CC), or grab mechanics will be displayed on top of the skill commands for certain characters in Shadow Arena.

For grab effect skills: A ‘grab (hand)’ icon with a purple background color (if the grab icon is displayed, debuff icons will not be displayed.)

Effects which are not applied to Shadow Arena (such as effects which occur when using skills while on a mount) will not display an icon. Effects which only apply to monsters will also not display an icon.

If you simultaneously have two effects (block and a debuff/grab effect), 2 icons will be displayed.

You can bring your mouse cursor over the icons to see a brief tooltip.

When using Blessing of Kamasylve, you can now obtain a Shadow Arena chest in addition to the Black Rocks you can obtain as rewards for rankings in Shadow Arena.

You can receive one of the following rewards according to your rank for each Shadow Arena match:

You will receive one of the following from obtaining the Shadow Arena Chest:

1st Place Chest

Tungrad Necklace

Tungrad Earring

Tungrad Belt

Ogre Ring

Basilisk's Belt

Orkinrad's Belt

Ring of Crescent Guardian

Narc Ear Accessory

Sicil's Necklace

Memory Fragment x3

2nd-10th Place Chest

Ogre Ring

Basilisk's Belt

Orkinrad's Belt

Ring of Crescent Guardian

Narc Ear Accessory

Sicil's Necklace

Blue Whale Molar Earring

Witch's Earring

Tree Spirit Belt

Ancient Guardian's Seal

Memory Fragment x2

11th-20th Place Chest

Basilisk's Belt

Ring of Crescent Guardian

Narc Ear Accessory

Sicil's Necklace

Blue Whale Molar Earring

Witch's Earring

Tree Spirit Belt

Ancient Guardian's Seal

Forest Ronaros Ring

Bensho's Necklace

Memory Fragment x2

21st-30th Place Chest

Ring of Crescent Guardian

Narc Ear Accessory

Sicil's Necklace

Blue Whale Molar Earring

Witch's Earring

Tree Spirit Belt

Ancient Guardian's Seal

Forest Ronaros Ring

Bensho's Necklace

Ancient Weapon Core

Black Stone (Armor) x4-5

31st-40th Place Chest

Narc Ear Accessory

Sicil's Necklace

Blue Whale Molar Earring

Witch's Earring

Tree Spirit Belt

Ancient Guardian's Seal

Forest Ronaros Ring

Bensho's Necklace

Ancient Weapon Core

Scarla Necklace

Black Stone (Armor) x3

*Added a description about Shadow Arena rewards in the Blessing of Kamasylve item tooltip.

You can now spectate even when a party member is far away during Party mode in Shadow Arena.

Parties will now be maintained even after a Shadow Arena match has ended.

Parties will now be maintained even while standing by after entering Shadow Arena.

Added a Shadow Arena Rankings menu to the ESC menu.

Shadow Arena ranking rewards have been changed as follows.

Before

After

#1: Resplendent Black Rock

#1: Resplendent Black Rock

#2: Radiant Black Rock

#2–10: Radiant Black Rock

#3–5: Sturdy Black Rock

#11–20: Sturdy Black Rock

#6–10: Faint Black Rock

#21–30: Faint Black Rock

#11–20: Rough Black Rock

#31–40: Rough Black Rock

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Your AP and DP will now increase when your Black Spirit experiences growth. Your Black Spirit will grow depending on the number of remaining survivors. This information will be marked in a UI at the top right of your screen.

The amount of increase is like the following:

Survivors remaining

AP Increase

DP Increase

40 remaining

3

1

30 remaining

6

2

20 remaining

10

3

10 remaining

15

5

The amount of Fire Bombs you start off with has been changed from 3 to 1.

The decreased movement speed effect for Fire Bombs has been decreased from 50% to 30%.

The Stun duration for Stun Traps has been decreased from 10 sec. to 5 sec.

The maximum amount of points for survival time has been limited to 200 points at most.

The killfeed UI has been improved.

Fixed the issue where you would occasionally not enter into Shadow Arena as a party in party mode for Shadow Arena.

Added a text which explains that you can only play in solo mode when you create and enter a private room in Shadow Arena.

You can now switch the locations of the consumable items with the skill slots on Shadow Arena.

The animation effect after the end of a Shadow Arena match has been changed.

The animation effect at the beginning of a Shadow Arena match has been changed.

Your quick slots will automatically be loaded when you possess a character as Black Spirit.

A special effect has been added for the name of the winners of Shadow Arena matches.

Reworked the Shadow Arena Stats window.

Fixed the issue where the mouse cursor disappeared when a message window appears after clicking on the Shadow Arena button in the ESC menu.

Fixed the issue where the Quick Slot would occasionally not appear when possessing a character in Shadow Arena.

Fixed the issue with buttons disappearing after closing the Settings window in the Shadow Arena Lobby, then toggling the explanation on the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Added tooltips for the “Find Party,” “Shadow Arena Rankings,” and “Settings” buttons in the Lobby of Shadow Arena.

Fixed the issue where Korean text would appear when you click on the macro mode for chatting after entering Shadow Arena.

Fixed the issue where you would occasionally not be able to enter as a party when entering party mode.

Fixed the issue where Marketplace information would be displayed for Shadow Arena items.

Adjusted the size of the Shadow Arena rankings window.

[Game World]

Additional seagulls have been added to Velia and Port Epheria.

[NPC]

Changed the camera view during interactions with NPC Horio Tinya and NPC Ain Greid so that they are in better view.

The monetary value of Tier 1–8 Coursers and Dream Horses have tripled at the Horse Market, Breeding Market, and Imperial Delivery.

Additionally, the Horse Market fees will decrease depending on the Training Level in a future update.

The monsters near NPC Horio Tinya at the Abandoned Iron Mine have moved to another area.

The monster population of Pila Ku Jail has been increased.

Changed the placements of some of the monsters in the Soldier's Grave area.

Adjusted the chances of obtaining Scroll Written in Ancient Language when defeating monsters at the Valencia Monster Zone.

Bashim Base: +20%

Desert Naga Temple: +200%

Titium Valley: -10%

Crescent Shrine: -10%

Gahaz Bandits: -20%

Cadry Ruins: +350%

Centaurus Herd: +20%

Roud Sulfur Mine: +50%

Aakman Temple: -15%

Hystria Ruins: -30%

[Quest]

Fixed the issue where you could not properly complete the “What Happened at the Refugee Camp?” quest if you already learned a Knowledge required to complete the quest.

The NPC for completing the quests below will now be Elgriffin (NOT Margaret).

A Secret Strategy of Conciliation

Recurrence Prevention

Battle of the Elites

The quest Lost Gift (Adventurer's Tome) has been added.

Your character can accept the quest from the Black Spirit if it has completed the quest Black Spirit's Gift (Adventurer's Tome) but does not possess an Adventurer's Tome or Chenga - Sherekhan Tome of Wisdom.

The Ritual quest has been improved. When talking to Martha Kiyen during the quest, the camera will now show you the way towards the hidden area.

The quest that needs to be completed in order to be able to interact with an Unstable Crevice, from which you can get Laila's Petal, has been changed.

Before: Mysterious Companion

After: Into the Sweet Honey Jar

[Knowledge]

Hints have been added for those who do not have yet have Knowledge of the following.

Velia Adventure Journal

Wagon Explosion Incident

Mariano's Cat

Truth About the Charnel House

Clorince's Kindness

Velia Dock

Ruins Management District

Ritual for a Large Haul

Dressed Fish

Goblin Intelligence

Goblin and the Black Stone

Ancient Stone Chamber and Edan

Ancient Stone Chamber Adventure Journal

Murals of the Ancient

Ancient Defense Weapons

Initiating Ancient Defense Weapons

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Prophecy I

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Prophecy II

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Prophecy III

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Prophecy IV

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Prophecy V

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Experience I

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Experience II

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Experience III

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Experience IV

Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Experience V

Defense Weapons of the Ancients

Giant Defense Weapons of the Ancients

The Awakened

Iliya Island Adventure Journal

Iliya Island's Ritual for Large Haul

Neutt and Meutt

Meutt and Neutt

Balenos Adventure Journal I

Santo Manzi's Letter

Captured Ogre

Goblin Fence

Monster for a Monster

David Finto's Healthy Food

Balenos Adventure Journal II

Caphras Stone

The Power of Caphras Stones

Harsh Situations at Western Guard Camp

Delegation of Full Power

Grand Chamberlain Takes the Real Control

Loyal Subject Pushed Outward

Serendia Adventure Journal I

An Ill Omen

Orwen and a Mysterious Man

Ambitions of Jordine

A Guest from Glish

Glish Underground Storage

Freharau's Advice

Sword of the Shadow Knight

Jordine Goes to the Watchtower

Order Delivered to Margaret

Artifacts in the Extraction Mill

Serendia Adventure Journal II

Lost Lamb

Al Rhundi’s Journal

Lazy Soldiers

Cruhorn's Errand

Chapel Belfry

Kite Flying

The issue where the “Enhancement Chance” would appear as 100% when having checked “Force-Enhance” button then checking “Use Cron Stone” button on items of Duo level and above has been fixed.

Added a description to the “Remove Guild from the Alliance” button in the Guild Alliance tab for the Guild window (G).

When you need to scroll due to the length of the text at the bottom of the Guild Alliance window, the placement of the descriptions will now be displayed more naturally.

When you bring the mouse cursor over the buttons at the bottom of the repair screen, the mouse over cursor effect will no longer appear.

The “Today’s Playtime” and “Time Passed” display in the Accomplishments section of the My Information window will be displayed in two lines when they are long.

A “?” button which leads to Wiki info page will be displayed in the Recover Max Dur. window.

Fixed the issue where the Recover Max Dur. window would not be moved when selecting certain areas of the title area of the Recover Max Dur. window.

Improved the locations of the Sticker UI, BDO Wiki, and Close buttons on the right side of the Inventory window (I).

The Game Tips, Guild Mount List, and Quick Slot settings window have been revamped.

Fixed the issue where the text at the bottom of the Pet registration window would bleed out of the text box for certain languages.

Fixed the issue where a “?” button would be displayed in the Pet registration window.

The opacity control bar for the Notepad will no longer move after reconnecting to the game.

The cursor in the chat window will no longer bleed out of the window when typing up a long message.

The functionality of the certain buttons in the Guild UI have been changed.

You should no longer see buttons for the following functions for guild members that are not connected to the server: offer a new contract, whisper, invite to a party, appoint as guild master.

You can now see what extra, regional quests are available on the left side of the minimap.

Fixed the issue where the quest information of main quests bled out of their designated windows when they were completed.

You can now click on complete quests in the quest window to read more about the quest in detail.

Fixed the issue with button of the quest summary window being shifted in certain situations.

Added a button which shows your standing while in the Lobby, and the settings and find party button’s locations have been changed.

Fixed the graphical issue with the Marketplace category icons.

[All Classes]

Fixed the issue where the characters would switch to combat status when equipping certain items while in a non-combat state.

[Warrior]

Fixed the graphical issue with the underwear that occurred when wearing the Snowflake outfit.

[Ranger]

Fixed the graphical issue on the shoulders that occurred when wearing the Shudad outfit.

Added a mouseover tooltip for the Black Spirit notification icon, which can be found on the bottom right hand side of the screen.

[Shadow Arena] [Other]

Fixed the issue where the cutscene that played before each match sometimes played twice.

[Updated 01/02/2019]

[General Fixes/Updates]

Added a feature in which the Black Spirit lets you know if you completed a main quest, or if you have not yet obtained the quest. This only applies up until Lv. 15.

Fixed the issue where regions without the Central Market could not exit from the World Map through the ESC key.

Added a button on the notification icon on the bottom right which opens up the quest window.

[Shadow Arena]

Fixed the issue where the AP for Kunoichi’s Sub-weapon would not apply.

Fixed the issue where you obtained Absolute: Divider instead of Dragon Bite for Musa characters.

Fixed the issue where the beginning animation (where the tower begins to form) would not appear.

We are aware of an issue where the color for certain dialogue texts occasionally appears wrong.

We are aware of and currently fixing an issue where skill trait icons for certain skills are not being displayed properly in the Quick Slot in Shadow Arena.

We are aware that the Guild Master rights and commands are visible to other guild members, however, the buttons are not functional. It will be fixed in future maintenance.

We are aware of the issue where the play time Challenge event clock resets upon entering Shadow Arena.

[Updated 31/01/2019]

[Shadow Arena] We are aware of an issue where the AP for Kunoichi’s Sub-weapon is not being applied.

[Updated 01/02/2019]

[Shadow Arena] We are aware of an issue where you bounce when you are a Black Spirit.

[Shadow Arena] We are aware of the issue concerning the missing white foggy dome in the waiting area before the actual match of the Shadow Arena that limits the area you can move around in. As we are working on a fix, please do not stride away too far before the match starts from the starting point for the time being.

[Updated 02/02/2019]

[Shadow Arena] Following condition has been added to the extra reward given for those who are ranked 40th or above.

You must survive in Shadow Arena for more than 5 minutes at least in order to receive the reward.

[Notice]

Your client may force quit if you are playing BDO while using illegal programs.

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